English Explanatory Dictionary

aleksandrovite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A colourless monoclinic mineral containing calcium, lithium, silicon, potassium, oxygen, tin, and fluorine.

Word forms

aleksandrovite

Etymology

Named in honour of Stanislav Mikhailovich Aleksandrov (1932-2012), a Russian geochemist, geologist and mineralogist Aleksandrov + -ite

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